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> [“Why should "Honor thy father and thy mother" be a commandment, and "Honor thy child" not?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/why-should-honor-thy-father-and-thy-mother-be-a-commandment-and-honor/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

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## More by Harry Mulisch

> [“Un comienzo no desaparece nunca, ni siquiera con un final.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/un-comienzo-no-desaparece-nunca-ni-siquiera-con-un-final/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Still, national politics meant little to him: about as much as paper airplanes would mean to the survivor of a plane crash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/still-national-politics-meant-little-to-him-about-as-much-as-paper/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“People returning from a journey carry the distances they have traveled with them like outspread wings - until they put the key in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/people-returning-from-a-journey-carry-the-distances-they-have/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“He understood very well that it was just because of this intimacy that their marriage had not survived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/he-understood-very-well-that-it-was-just-because-of-this-intimacy/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Iemand die van iemand anders houdt, zegt altijd dat dat komt doordat die ander zo mooi is, op een of andere manier, van buiten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/iemand-die-van-iemand-anders-houdt-zegt-altijd-dat-dat-komt-doordat/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“You could chat with anyone; being silent together without it becoming embarrassing was a lot rarer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/you-could-chat-with-anyone-being-silent-together-without-it-becoming/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“The oldest thing of all is the present, because there's never been anything else but present. No one has ever lived in the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/the-oldest-thing-of-all-is-the-present-because-there-s-never-been/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“Hate is the darkness, that's no good. And yet we've got to hate Fascists, and that's considered perfectly all right. How is that possible?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/hate-is-the-darkness-that-s-no-good-and-yet-we-ve-got-to-hate/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [That question is too good to spoil with an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/that-question-is-too-good-to-spoil-with-an-answer/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“When we heard those shots and he saw Ploeg lying in front of the house, what he said was, 'My God, the lizards!'" With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/when-we-heard-those-shots-and-he-saw-ploeg-lying-in-front-of-the/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [Perhaps, he thought, true pure love, like all flowers, flourished best with its roots in muck and mud. Perhaps that was a law of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/perhaps-he-thought-true-pure-love-like-all-flowers-flourished-best/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“His father in law, who was as old as the century, had just retired and was living in a country house in Gelderland. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/his-father-in-law-who-was-as-old-as-the-century-had-just-retired-and/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [All cows were like other cows, all tigers like all other tigers - What on earth happened to human beings?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/all-cows-were-like-other-cows-all-tigers-like-all-other-tigers-what/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“We underestimated human potential, both the strength of man's intellect and the weakness of his flesh, and therefore his receptivity to satanic inspiration --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/we-underestimated-human-potential-both-the-strength-of-man-s/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

> [“If you believe we shouldn't have done it, then you also believe that, in the light of history, the human race shouldn't have existed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mulisch/if-you-believe-we-shouldn-t-have-done-it-then-you-also-believe-that/)

[Harry Mulisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mulisch/)

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